Education Program Earns CAEP AccreditationWEST LIBERTY, W.Va., Dec. 4, 2019 — The Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) recently announced that West Liberty University has received accreditation for its educator preparation programs.
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Initial Programs:
Art K-Adult
Biology 9-Adult
Elementary Education K-6
Early Intervention PreK-K
Early Childhood PreK-K (minor)
English 5-Adult
English 5-9 (minor)
General Science 5-Adult
General Science 5-9 (minor)
Health and Physical Education K-Adult
Mathematics 5-Adult
Mathematics 5-9 (minor)
Middle Childhood Education (contains 2 5-9 minors)
Music K-Adult
Social Studies 5-Adult
Social Studies 5-9 (minor)
Special Education K-6 or 5-Adult (minors)
CAEP Accredited Advanced Programs:
Reading Specialist
Special Education
Completer impact is included through presentation of action-research projects conducted by program completers in their respective K-12 school sites. Each row in the attached file represents one completer’s action research on completer effectiveness. Performance portfolio data are also included in the below file.
2021-2022 Undergraduate Completer Effectiveness Case Studies
2021-2022 Undergraduate Performance Portfolio Data
2022-2023 Undergraduate Performance Portfolio Data
2023-2024 Undergraduate Performance Portfolio Data
Completer effectiveness is included through dispositions assessments conducted by cooperating teachers in K-12 schools.
2021-2022 Undergraduate Disposition Data
2022-2023 Undergraduate Disposition Data
2021-2022 Graduate Disposition Data
Evidence for Measure 2 includes an employer satisfaction survey, agendas and minutes from EPPAC that includes K-12 educators, university faculty, and WV Department of Education personnel.
Evidence of Stakeholder Involvement:
Employer Satisfaction Survey for Undergraduate Students
Spring 2023 EPPAC – Agenda & Minutes
Fall 2022 EPPAC – Agenda & Minutes
Spring 2022 EPPAC – Agenda & Minutes
Fall 2021 EPPAC – Agenda & Minutes
2021-2022 Memorandum of Understanding for Undergraduate and Advanced Programs
2022-2023 Memorandum of Understanding for Undergraduate and Advanced Programs
Data demonstrating candidate competency at completion is presented through the Praxis II licensure area testing required by the West Virginia Department of Education. These data include all test takers during the 2021-2022 academic year. Reading Specialist Praxis II results are for the advanced program. All other results are for undergraduate candidates.
2021-2022 Praxis II Testing Data
2021-2022 Praxis II Graduate Testing Data
2022-2023 Praxis II Graduate Testing Data
Also included are implemented lesson plan performance data for undergraduate students.
2022-2023 Impact on Student Learning
Data for completers’ actual hiring is currently unavailable. The WVDE was scheduled to conduct state-wide surveys of both completers and employers but data have not yet been shared with the EPP. Data from the state surveys will be made available when released. No specific date for the release of that data is known. The EPP will implement a university-developed survey regarding number of completers who are hired and their employers during the Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 semesters and data for the measure are expected to become available to the public by Spring 2024.
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP)
The Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) is a programmatic postsecondary accrediting agency recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). CAAHEP carries out its accrediting activities in cooperation with 25 review Committees on Accreditation.
American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)
ACSM is the largest sports medicine and exercise science organization in the world, with nearly 50,000 members and certified fitness professionals. All are dedicated to ACSM’s mission to educate and empower professionals to advance the science and practice of health and human performance.
